Tolentreasures

On my way home from town today, I decided to take pictures of the local shop signs along the way. For those of you who might be local reading this, they loaded backwards, so this would actually be on my way to town. So, right here you can buy your veggies. Nite Crawlers and Bandsawed Pine and Hemlock Lumber (The spell checker should love this post!) And lots of furniture signs. Some goodies, but only two days a week. A lovely picnic area to enjoy them. More furniture, more firewood, and if you look close in the mirror, me taking the picture. More furniture and cabinets. And a peaceful windmill scene. Too lazy to get out of the car for this one. How about the little frame on this one? And RED on this sign, completely against Amish rules. Is Bandsawed a word in Dutch? It is used a lot. How about the apostrophe on this? Wonder what the quilts own? And this one, a little different is doing gutters. His and hers. Furniture AND Baked goods. Love this canvas one.  It is...

Friends called last night and invited us on a ride. Perfect timing. There has been considerable talk in our house lately about trading at least one Harley for one of these. They have two, so it was a perfect chance to see if we would like it. What fun!  As for me, my decision is made. Sell the bike(s)! At one point we came across a horse and buggy in the woods, and when we dropped down to the creek... Yep! Skinny dipping Amish! Clothes in the foreground, See his head sticking out of the water? Great scenery everywhere. Who know that there were that many trails around? And I have heard of this waterfall, but have never been there. It had been years since I had been to the Goodville Bridge. When the kids were younger, I remember hiking out there and walking out on the top of it.  I didn't like that height then and don't think I would do it again. It was a fun evening, we rode to the local watering hole and had wings, then rode some more after dark. Great fun! And for...

Just yesterday, I was lamenting to JWS that I don't know where summer has gone. We have been busy at work and we have worked some long days Regretting that we have not been to the zoo, an amusement park, not ridden our motorcycles, etc. I was looking at the cup half empty. It has been a bit of a rough time lately in several areas, all uncontrollable factors at this point in our lives. And then he pointed out... a different kind of entertainment. We have been to these. Horse races at the fairgrounds next door. Grandchildren and simple entertainment. Kendall was totally entertained playing in the sink while I cooked supper. The boys at work.... have found ALL the settings on my phone camera. (Hence the black and whites at the top of this post, but I kind of liked those!) And golf ball/tee bowling. Papa built them the lane for it and they have had tons of fun with that. And county fairs. As a fair manager, JWS, with me in tow, now has full access to any county fair. FREE! What ...

So I have decided that I live with The Window Nazi. I love open windows. I see... Curtains blowing in the breeze. Summer Smells. Fresh Air. JWS aka The Window Nazi. He sees... HUMIDITY. So we have a difference of opinions. Summer has been rough this year. To say the least. Air conditioning units that are loud, and that cause my chest and head to clog up. I have spent nights in the spare bedroom, ceiling fan running, windows open, trying to breathe. So today... he is not at work. For those of you that don't know... we work together. Since he was not going to be there, I took the opportunity to open everything up and get AIR! No problem, I'll close it all up long before he gets back and he'll never know. But, I got busy and forgot. Oops! Apparently a big oops in the life of The Window Nazi. He complained, he whined. He was not happy. He had a mean look on his face. Then he attacked. He told me again that I am scatterbrained. How could I not remember to close the windows a...

Sorry to disappoint all of you, but today is not a coffee snorting kind of story. Just some stuff that I dug out of my sewing room, and FINISHED! I started these stockings last fall at our ladies sewing weekend. Done. And this pillow...started at the same time. These little barrettes stay in a container and I dig them out and work on them every now and then.  And a little bit of knitting in between.  Lightweight yarn that is not too hot to work on in the heat. On a good note, it finally cooled off a little here and we had some rain. Amazing how quick everything greened up again.

The Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow.

In case that you thought my weekend was going to be peaceful and uneventful... We woke up to this on Sunday morning. It had been close to 40 years since I had be toilet papered. Can't wait to tell my mom. She used to laugh when it happened. And laughed while I cleaned it up the next morning. At least they didn't disturb my freshly primed items that I left outside all night. Or my not so healthy landscaping. But they sure must have had fun. The scary part is, I heard NOTHING. JWS loves the air conditioning. Me, not a huge fan. I was sleeping in another bedroom with the windows open. How did I miss that? It is getting ready to storm here. Thank goodness. We really need the rain. What do I have to look forward to? Today is boob smashing day! Woohoo! Have a great week everyone!